Almost a 100 gathered at the yesterday's Gala event, held at Stanford University in California. ASEF (American Slovenian Education Foundation) awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to prof. Mija Rode, lecturer for Slovenian language at Stanford University.
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Dr. Zvonko Fazarinc tells his story
Dr. Zvonko Fazarinc, ASEF supporter & donor, tells his life story about moving from Slovenia to pursue an education at Stanford University and becoming one of the first employees at Hewlett Packard. Source: ASEF.net
Read More »France Rode, inventor of pocket calculator HP-35 (feature) VIDEO
As a young electrical engineer, France Rode (1934-2017) joined Hewlett-Packard, where he worked on the team that invented the first pocket calculator. This was only one of his many ground-breaking achievements facilitating the development of modern electronics in what has since become known as Silicon Valley. Rode left Yugoslavia for the US in 1960 after graduating in electro-mechanics in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. Although ...
Read More »ASEF 4th Annual Gala, Cleveland, OHIO
4th annual ASEF Gala was dedicated to American Slovenian inventors, innovators and educators, presented by Dr. Edi Gobec. He has spent most of his life diligently collecting and researching every person of Slovenian background that could be considered a candidate for ‘who is who’ in any field, and in American science and industry in particular. His book ’Slovenian American Inventors ...
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